elicitor treatments such as abscisic acid, NaCl, PEG6000, H2O2, and cold stress show that PtDXR is an elicitor-responsive gene. PtDXR does not exhibit diurnal changes. Overexpression of PtDXR in transgenic poplars improves tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. PtDXR expression is increased under the abiotic stress treatments. Treatment with 100 mM abscisic acid (ABA) for 12 h results in a transcript level of PtDXR approximately 20fold greater than the control level. Following treatment with 10% PEG 6000, the highest expression of PtDXR is evident on day 5, while with 4°C cold stress, expression levels are approximately 30fold above the control levels. The expression of PtDXR declines during the first 3 h and then increased, reaching the highest level at 24 h of 2 mM H2O2 treatment. For the abiotic stresses, 200 mM NaCl shows the greatest effect, with an approximately 60fold increase in PtDXR expression at 48 h
methyljasmonate (MeJA) and especially H2O2 induce expression of SaDXR and lead to increased contents of sandalwood sesquiterpenoids, such as alpha-santalol and beta-santalol, in the stems of young sandalwood trees
the enzyme is induced by methyljasmonate, synergistically increased by polyamines spermidine, spermine, and putrescine. 100 mg/l spermidine + 0.05 mM methyljasmonate lead to 4.1 and 2.4folds increase of cardenolide and digitoxin compared to the control, respectively. The lowest induction levels of cardenolide and digitoxin are obtained by 0.2 mM methyljasmonate without polyamine